The Mother of Invention — A Stylish Mother’s Day Gift Guide

Legendary French poet, essayist, and playwright Victor Hugo once wrote, “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness, and children sleep soundly in them.”

This Mother’s Day try a little tenderness to celebrate the solace-providing women in your life — those who cradled you as a baby, bathed and fed you, chased away your childhood nightmares, kissed every boo-boo and nursed every cold, made sure you excelled in school, and instilled the values that transformed you into the strong, independent, beautiful entity you are today.

Holiday Shopping From A To Z — Arriving At X, Y, Z

Over the past few weeks, we’ve escorted you through an alphabet-themed safari of holiday gift ideas in which each letter corresponded to a theme, pattern, style or art movement, color, aesthetic, or trend.

Holiday Shopping From A To Z — Revving Through R, S, and T

Still busy performing your Santa Clausian duties?

Holiday Shopping From A To Z — Parading Through J, K, and L

We’ve been making holiday shopping as easy as 1-2-3 with our gift-getting ABCs, quite literally taking you through an alphabet-themed tour of present ideas.

Holiday Shopping From A To Z — Moseying Along to G, H, and I

The ABCs of our A To Z Holiday Gift Guide took us through a miscellany of Art Deco, Blossom-themed, and Color-Blocked goods, while the D, E, and F installment allowed us to immerse ourselves in Dainty knickknacks, Egyptian-themed fare, and Fur-Trimmed fashions.

Holiday Gift Guide from A to Z — Moving on to D, E, F

Last week, we kicked off our A to Z Holiday Gift Guide coverage by taking a Sesame Street-worthy approach to the task, tackling items corresponding to the first three letters of the alphabet, with A standing for Art Deco, B for Blossoms, and C for Color Blocking.

Holiday Shopping From A To Z — Let’s Start With The ABCs

You’re probably getting ready to rock around the Christmas tree which, of course, means finding just the right gifts to place underneath those fragrant branches.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice –Disney Vault 28 Villains Maleficent Vinylmation Figure By Noah

Though Hollywood caught Snow White fever (as evidenced by the simultaneous filming of the fantastical, cinematically impressiveSnow White and the Huntsmen, starring Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen and Kristen Stewart as Snow White, and the campier, less sophisticated Mirror Mirror, starring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen), Sleeping Beauty still ranks first in my list of Disney tales.

Strawberry Fields Forever– Slatkin & Co Strawberry Patch Scented Candle

Tropical fruits like coconut, passionfruit, guava, and mango tend to get special treatment in the summer season, when our minds are flooded with visions of exotic island destinations, rustic bard and nightclubs with steel drum bands, performances by hula dancers donning grass skirts and lei necklaces, and trays of frozen cocktails adorned with toothpicks bearing paper umbrellas.

Jo Malone x David Hicks Decorated Home Candle Collection — A Marriage Of British Interior Design And Luxury Fragrance

The geometric-inspired, colorful, Pop Art-influenced carpet and textile patterns designed by the late Essex-born David Hicks became an integral part of his aesthetic, one of the many reasons why he was hired to design the interiors of everything from the Hotel Okura in Tokyo to the Prince of Wales’ first apartment in Buckingham Palace, and the King of Saudi Arabia’s yacht.